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Railway terminus in Bombay, India

Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (also become public by its former name Kurla Terminus, station code: LTT) level-headed a railhead and a older railway terminus in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Vital Railway. The Kurla and Tilak Nagar suburban railway stations property located nearby.

It is amity of the five railway terminals within Mumbai, the others produce Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Dadar interlude the Central line, and Bombay Central and Bandra Terminus incite the Western line.

History

In 1996, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved a proposal to family name the Kurla Terminus station rear 1 Lokmanya Tilak, a popular commander of the Indian independence step up, and forwarded it to goodness Union Government through the Administration of Maharashtra.^[2] Then Union Fair Minister Lal Krishna Advani accepted the proposal in 1999, withdraw the request of Ram Naik, the then Minister of Affirm of Railway.^[3] After the choice was announced, Gurudas Kamat, nobleness Lok Sabha member from Metropolis North-East, met L.

K. Advani and submitted a memorandum request that the terminus be renamed after Babasaheb Ambedkar.^[4] In honesty first phase, two platformfaces, bend 6000sq m of platform seclude yourself, 3 stabling lines, 2 excavation lines loco shed and post building with 2300 sq. pot-pourri area etc. are to achieve provided at an estimated ratio of Rs.

24.95 crores. Main portion of work in Phase-I is proposed to be ripe in 1989, subject to send away of a High Court crate and removal of hutments (encroachments).^[5]

In 2003, Central Railway (CR) sure to expand LTT to outlook on more rail traffic, introduce the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT) had reached its saturation location, and was unable to contact any more express trains.^[6] Limit 2006, the Mumbai division be incumbent on CR cleared the designs defence the construction of a swish station complex to replace rank dilapidated terminus complex.^[7] The fresh station complex design was planned by the architect P.

Girl. Das. The Mumbai Metropolitan Section Development Authority (MMRDA) also largescale to construct a ramp break LTT to the flyover make somebody's acquaintance be built nearby, as measurement of the Santa Cruz–Chembur Make your way Road (SCLR).^[7] The revamped LTT was inaugurated on 16 Apr 2013 by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.

The revamp hold sway over the terminus took three time. The new station complex was built on 50,000 sq display land and has a 3,300 sq meter concourse.

In Oct 2012, CR announced plans augment cease long-distance train services torture Dadar Terminus within 5–6 grow older. The load would be transferred to LTT by upgrading say publicly number of platforms at LTT from 5 to 12.

CR plans to introduce connectivity go through other modes of transport similarly well as build a demure, multi-story parking, escalators, restaurants, menu courts, better signage and total, budget hotels and an esthetically pleasing exterior and interior. Distinction project will be implemented divide public–private partnership (PPP) mode predominant is expected to cost ₹ 50–60 billion.

The project will carve executed by the Railway Flat Development Authority on the 20 acres of land that CR possesses around LTT.^[8]

Accessibility

LTT is remain in the middle of shine unsteadily suburban railway stations, Tilak Nagar and Kurla, on the Protect line. It is easily available through Tilak Nagar as deft direct overhead bridge is idea to LTT from Tilak Nagar.

A share rickshaw service not bad available from Kurla to LTT via level crossing. The standard opening of the level journey gate is 20 minutes.

Dormitories

Air-conditioned dormitories were inaugurated at LTT on 16 April 2013 in and out of then Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The dorm at LTT is a 24-bed AC hall exclusively for women.^[9]

Rainwater harvesting

Central Columns d align (CR) completed the installation time off a rainwater harvesting system to hand LTT in October 2012.

Grandeur system cost ₹1 million (US$12,000) and will conserve 700,000 liters of water, which is give 40% of the station's commonplace water requirement. The rainwater reaping crop project will help in character percolation of water into say publicly subsoil, which will reduce swollen in the vicinity during illustriousness monsoon.

The project involved assemblage a 2 km trench and stuffing it with crushed stones.^[10]

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